|
Homeschooling
Resources
K-12 Curriculum Suppliers
 | A BEKA
Box 18000
Pensacola, FL 32523-9160
(800) 874-BEKA
Textbooks,
Correspondence School & Video School |
 |
Alpha Omega Publications
300 N. McKemy Ave.
Chandler, AZ 85226
(800) 622-3070
K - 12 curriculum in workbooks and on
computer |
 |
Christian Light
Education
Box 1212N
Harrisonburg, VA
22801-1212
(540) 434-0750 |
 |
Hewitt Research
Foundation
Box 9
Washougal, WA 98671
(360) 835-8708 |
 |
Rod & Staff
Highway 172
Crockett, KY 41413
(606) 522-4348 |
 |
School of
Tomorrow
PO Box 299000
Lewisville, TX
75029-9000
(972) 315-1776
Workbooks |
Unit Studies
 |
KONOS
PO Box 1534
Richardson, TX 75083
(214) 669-8337
Multilevel unit study curriculum
|
 |
Design-a-Study
408
Victoria Ave.
Wilmington, DE 19804
(302) 998-3889
Helps
you design your own unit studies
|
 |
Learning
Adventures
4 North Wood Lane
Casey, IL
62420
(217) 932-4038
A one-year study
using library books and the Bible for grades
4 -8.
|
Correspondence Courses
 |
Calvert School
Tuscany Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21210
(301) 243-6030
|
Supply Catalogs
 |
Greenleaf
3761
Highway 109N Unit D
Lebanon, TN 37087
(615) 449-1617
|
Magazines
Miscellaneous
 |
Science By Mail
Science Park
Boston, MA 02114
(800) 729-3300
Boston Museum of Science
|
 |
Free For the
Asking
(Book)
by Pat Hirst
To order send $18.95
plus $2.25 shipping and handling to:
Pat
Hirst
PO Box 914
Marshall, VA 20116
|
 |
Science Labs in a
Box Inc.
13510
T.I. Blvd., Ste 111
Dallas, TX 75243
(800) 687-5227 |
 |
The Learnables
International
Linguistics Corporation
(800) 237-1830
Foreign languages |
Used Curriculum
 |
Homeschool Seller
Box 19
Cherry Valley, MA 01611
(508) 756-2014
|
 |
HomeSchool
Potpourri
12815 NE 124th St., Suite F
Kirkland, WA 98034
(425) 820-4626
|
Internet Sources for
Used Curriculum
Additional Resources
 |
www.homeschool.crosswalk.com
Great homeschooling
information including a homeschool chat room
featuring Maine’s Kathi Kearney on Thursday
evenings at 10pm. |
Homeschool Testing Services
If you desire to prepare your
child to take standardized tests, you might wish to contact
the following:
 |
Continental Press
Elizabethtown, PA,
17022
(800)233-0759
Offers books for test-takers in grades 1-6. |
 |
Frank Shaffer
Publications
23740 Hawthorne Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90505
(800) 421-5565
Workbooks
with practice tests in reading, language, and
math. |
 |
Learning at Home
Box 270
Honolulu, HI 96726
(808) 328-9669
Offers practice for the Standard, California,
and Metropolitan Achievement Tests, and the
Iowa and Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills
(for reading, math, and language). |
To diagnose gaps in learning,
you might want to administer your own hassle-free
diagnostic test, provided by the following:
 | Accelerated
Christian Education
Box 299000
Lewisville, TX 75029-9000
(800) 925-7777 |
 |
Bob Jones
University Press
Testing Center
Greenville, SC 29614-0060
(800) 845-5731 |
 |
Summit Christian
Academy
Box 802041
Dallas, TX 75380
(800) 362-9180 |
Developmental Tests help to gauge
levels of maturity and styles of learning:
 |
Bob Jones
University Press
(see info above) |
 |
Rod and Staff
Publishers
Rt. 172
Crockett, KY 41413
(606) 522-4348 |
For tests of special problems and
disabilities:
 |
Center for
Children and Parent
Dr. Stanley
Walters
17871
Santiago Blvd. Suite
205
Villa Park, CA 92667
(714) 283-3390
|
 |
Linda Howe, M.A.,
4187 Bernardo Ct.
Chino, CA 91710
(909) 628-9441
Dr. Howe works with kids with
dyslexia, dysgraphia, kinesthetic deficits
and other such problems.
|
 |
Johns Hopkins
University
Offers the Sequential Tests of
Educational progress (STEP) and the School
and College Ability Test (SCAT).
(410)516-8301
|
 |
The Diagnostic
Prescriptive Assessment
P.O. Box 5098
Savannah, GA
31414
(912) 354-2201
Each test is a diagnostic test, serves as an
effective pre-assessment for grade placement,
provides scope and sequence for each grade level,
serves as a yearly evaluation, portfolio, and
Individual Educational Plan, grades K - 5th - $28/grade
level.
|
Achievement Tests
 |
Iowa Achievement
Test Series or, |
The Stanford Achievement
Test Series
Bob Jones University
Press
Greenville, SC 29614-0062
(800) 845-5731
 |
California
Achievement Test
Christian Liberty
Academy
502 W Euclid Ave
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
(708) 259-8736
|
 |
Seton
Seton Testing
Service
(540) 636-9990
Email at: testing@setonhome.org.
Utilizing the California Achievement Test,
Form E (CAT-E), this year-round service is
available for grades 1 to 12. Administer at
home, at your convenience. Easy to
administer, full instructions included.
Inexpensive, only $20 for test and scoring.
|
 |
Peabody
Individualized Achievement Test
|
College Testing Information
 |
A free copy of
The
College Board’s Bulletin for the SAT
Program can be obtained by calling
(609) 771-7600. |
 |
CLEP (College Level
Exam Program) |
CLEP PO Box
6601
Princeton, NJ 08541-6601
(602) 771-7865
 |
Advance Placement
Program
PO Box 6670
Princeton,
NJ 08541-6670
Students who score well on these
tests may receive advanced placement or
college credit for their demonstrated mastery
in 16 subject areas.
|
|